大权在握

to be in a position of power

Characters and words in 大权在握

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

= + : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.
power / authority
surname Quan

= + : Cupid (qu) wants to display his power (权) and authority (又) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), so he beats off every needle of a Christmas tree (木) wearing boxing gloves (又).
authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary

= + : Cupid (qu) wants to display his power (权) and authority (又) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), so he beats off every needle of a Christmas tree (木) wearing boxing gloves (又).
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

= + + : Zorro (z) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) exist (在) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Rosa is in the middle of balancing a flute (一) on her head and on a pile of clay (土). Zorro uses his rapier to inscribe "Z" into the flute, so as to mark that the pronunciation of "在" begins with "z".
(fig.) to hold in one's hands / to be within grasp
to hold / to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / to master / classifier: a handful

= + : Willy Walrus's (w) garden shack (屋) was just about to fall into the well in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but Willy was able to grasp (握) it at the last moment with a toy claw (屋).
to hold; to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / (bound form) to have in one's control / classifier: a handful

Words with 大权在握

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Sentences with 大权在握

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